The politics of the nexus in the city of Amsterdam

Fontana, Michele; Boas, Ingrid

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2019.102388

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“…In particular, their article concludes that the multi-scalar, institutional, and governance aspects are little discussed in the WEF nexus literature, unlike quantitative and modeling approaches. Other research has already shown the strong conceptual links between urban metabolism and nexus [28][29][30]. The results obtained are a basis for questioning resource use from a political and social point of view in urban areas.…”

Section: The "Metal-energy-construction Mineral" Nexusmentioning

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The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia

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The concept of island metabolism strives to implement the principles of social ecology at the island scale. It is, therefore, a question of analyzing the flows of materials and energy passing through these territories, as well as the resource base needed to sustain their activities. We propose to develop a nexus approach to the New Caledonian island metabolism to understand the interactions between biophysical structures and societal, as well as economic, activities. Metals, construction minerals, and energy are good symbols of economies based on the extraction of non-renewable resources. This is why, in this article, we sought to investigate how the “metal-energy-construction mineral” nexus can affect the resilience and metabolic sustainability of the extractive island of New Caledonia. We carried out the Material and Energy Flow Analysis (MEFA) of each nexus subsystem for 2016 and of the nodes of interdependence. We also interrogated the role of importing countries because the island’s metabolism is dominated by the nickel extraction industry. Indeed, the metabolic profile of this island corresponds to the one of a supply territory for other consumption territories. The latter outsource the impacts of their own consumption to New Caledonia. Finally, based on interviews with economic stakeholders, we studied the potential building blocks for the emergence of an industrial symbiosis in the nexus.

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Section: The "Metal-energy-construction Mineral" Nexusmentioning

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The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia

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“…For example, adaptive capacity, robustness, and vulnerability are concepts often used in resilience thinking, but if not explicitly mentioned alongside resilience, these references are not captured in our search criteria. The same goes for bordering concepts from e.g., urban metabolism studies, sustainability science, systems thinking and political ecology (Dalla Fontana and Boas, 2019). Furthermore, because of this paper's focus on water, energy and food, publications that include other nexus facets, such as climate (Chirisa and Bandauko, 2015), soil (Hatfield et al, 2017), health (Mabhaudhi et al, 2016), and trade (Pastor et al, 2019), are not necessarily captured by the search.…”

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Resilience Meets the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Mapping the Research Landscape

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Borsje

Deribe

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Resilience thinking is increasingly promoted to address some of the grand challenges of the 21st century: providing water, energy, and food to all, while staying within the limits of the Earth system that is undergoing (climate) change. Concurrently, a partially overlapping body of literature on the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has emerged through the realization that water, energy, and food systems are intricately linked—and should therefore be understood and managed in conjunction. This paper reviews recent scientific publications at the intersection of both concepts in order to i) examine the status quo on resilience thinking as it is applied in WEF nexus studies; ii) map the research landscape along major research foci and conceptualizations; iii) and propose a research agenda of topics distilled from gaps in the current research landscape. We identify key conceptualizations of both resilience and nexus framings that are used across studies, as we observe pronounced differences regarding the nexus’ nature, scope, emphasis and level of integration, and resilience’s scope, type, methodological and thematic foci. Promising research avenues include i) improving the understanding of resilience in the WEF nexus across scales, sectors, domains, and disciplines; ii) developing tools and indicators to measure and assess resilience of WEF systems; iii) bridging the implementation gap brought about by (governing) complexity; iv) integrating or reconciling resilience and nexus thinking; v) and considering other development principles and frameworks toward solving WEF challenges beside and beyond resilience, including control, efficiency, sustainability, and equity.

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“…For example, studying social-ecologicaltechnical infrastructure systems in cities advances understanding of urban structurefunction relationships between green space availability, wellbeing, biodiversity and climate adaptation (McPhearson 2020). Similarly, urban metabolism analysis and ecosystem studies seek to understand energy and material flows (Bai 2016;Dalla Fontana and Boas 2019). An emerging perspective on cities as 'multi-regime' configurations investigates dynamics across different functional systems (e.g.…”

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Perspectives on urban transformation research: transformations in, of, and by cities

Hölscher

Frantzeskaki

2021

Urban Transform

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The narrative of ‘urban transformations’ epitomises the hope that cities provide rich opportunities for contributing to local and global sustainability and resilience. Urban transformation research is developing a rich yet consistent research agenda, offering opportunities for integrating multiple perspectives and disciplines concerned with radical change towards desirable urban systems. We outline three perspectives on urban transformations in, of and by cities as a structuring approach for integrating knowledge about urban transformations. We illustrate how each perspective helps detangle different questions about urban transformations while also raising awareness about their limitations. Each perspective brings distinct insights about urban transformations to ultimately support research and practice on transformations for sustainability and resilience. Future research should endeavour to bridge across the three perspectives to address their respective limitations.

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The politics of the nexus in the city of Amsterdam

Cited by 12 publications

References 47 publications

The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia

The “Metal-Energy-Construction Mineral” Nexus in the Island Metabolism: The Case of the Extractive Economy of New Caledonia

Resilience Meets the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Mapping the Research Landscape

Perspectives on urban transformation research: transformations in, of, and by cities

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